2007-06-23 04:38:04 · 5 answers · asked by tamer n 1 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Depends what time scale you're referring to.
Historically - about 2 million already displaced
Presently - about quarter of a million a year
Next 50 or so years - approx 60 million
Worst case scanario - 2 billion
2007-06-23 04:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
do you mean displaced????
forget about it
When imediate disaster strikes such as a mega tsunami it is not posible to move thousands of people around the place
Where would you take them,.other people are already there and they would start shooting invaders
There is no food or water to feed large crowds on the move .
These are the hard truths that governments will never mention.
Why do you think so many religions are increasing ,.
The only thing anyone can do is prepare for death and wait calmly in their own homes
People who are smart will have moved out long ago from vulnerable areas such as the coasts or the plains ,in between mountains is safest
This idea of displacements is an impossible dream
the petrol stations could not handle all the cars ,neither could the roads and where would any body go what would they eat the day after,
It would be an inconcievable chaos full of violence with death so close
everybody is much better off at home
The last tsunami gave us a glimpse of the probabilities of full scale disaster
But the rising seas of Global warming is a gradual process taking many years,people will have the opertunities to move elswhere in some countries
But in Bangladesh and similar places ,already there is nowhere for migrants to go in their own country, these will be big problems that are just around the corner
The problems are the same everywhere because the sites suitable for people are already ocupied
the figures given by Trevor are academic
in reality these kind of crowds cannot be moved
2007-06-23 07:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trevor's numbers seem reasonable, but I think the 60 million is way too low. If I recall the numbers are like 250 million in India alone (or maybe its all around the Indian Ocean).
The majority of people around the world live and work and grow their crops in flood plains and river deltas because that is the richest soil. It also tends to be the lowest land "above sea level'. People will be displaced, major crops will be flooded, and there is gonna be one hell of a big war if humans don't start acting as a species rather than individual races and socio-political groups.
2007-06-23 06:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure. What is the latest figure of people around the world who have been displaced by following UN recommendations?
2007-06-23 05:24:53 · answer #4 · answered by billnzan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. Who cares.... the UN has an agenda
2. Global Warming is not caused by, nor can it be stopped by human action.
3. Humans have been "displaced" by changing climate for millennia. Humans adapt... that's why there are 6 billion of us.
4. Global Warming could produce more good than harm by opening up Siberia, or extending livable land in Iceland.
2007-06-23 04:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋